5 years ago
All posts by Bren Herrera
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The Sweetest Thang…Drunken Pineapple
Sometime in '07 I had vowed to purge all things sweet: chocolate, ice cream, lollipops, tres leches cake and some other edibles that will remain unnamed! Y-E-A-H-R-I-G-H-T! Some weird vein in me thought that I was conscious enough to extend the extinction of...
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Ceiba
[rating: 3.5/5]Last Visit: November '05
I love this place. I have to admit it's been some time, but I was reminded of it through someone's mention of the name bearing tree.
Ceiba is a tree found in tropical countries. I believe it's origin land is Costa Rica...
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- Barbados
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- Caribbean
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Daphne's Italian Restaurant
[rating: 4/5]Visited on Dec. 9, 2007The hotel in which this restaurant is located, alone will cause you to love Italian food. That story is left for my travel blog. Facing the topaz blue water, seamless sky and pearl white sand, your table is laced with ...
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Espresso Raspberry Flan: A Midnight Snack Better Than S.E…. (updated)
Maybe, only maybe, will this be better than a midnight rendezvous. N-O-T! **please do forgive, that was my alter-ego talking. I introduce you to Chelsea, who simply does not care**
I was charged with making an espresso flan by the host of Good Day Atlanta...
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Identity Crisis…
Only temporary though! I had an issue with that when I was in High School. One of my best friends from childhood swung a nasty jab when we were in 10th grade. She was crass in some biased way saying Latin people this, that and the other! BOO to her, right! I ...
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ONE. Midtown Kitchen
No real rating (see note below).I love what I do! Last night, I attended a monthly media event hosted by Media Bistro at One. Midtown Kitchen. I remember having been there before, in passing, and seeing pretty soothing purple lights emitting from the doorway...
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I’m Going To Barbados, Again!
That trip last month, just 4 weeks ago was all that and a bag of chips. With Christmas and New Year's being incredible, I can't ask for more. It simply couldn't have been better. I was with all 8 nephews and nieces, my 4 siblings, my parents and surrogate gran...
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Yo Quiero Pollo Asado {I Want Roasted Chicken}
I'm a hustler--I think. I'm told I get it from my wild aunt that lives in Cuba. With no food to eat on a daily, she makes it work by any means necessary. Last time I was there, my aunt Mercedes had managed to buy a chunky pig she then raised and fed for ab...
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The Real Chow Baby, Baby!
[rating:3.5/5]
Last visit: Dec. 17, 2007
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT PAID TO DO THESE REVIEWS. I LOVE TO EAT OUT. IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
Sitting in an up and coming industrial area full of slab walls and stainless steel, no bedroom wall lofts, The Real Chow Baby boasts to...
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My 30-Minute Meal: Cuban Black Beans and Picadillo
Thursday Jan. 3rd, 6 pm
I'm not cooking tonight. In fact, I want to be taken out to eat.
I prepared picadillo and black beans for lunch, on a whim. Having saved myself the hunger pains of waiting an hour, I did the sacrilegious thing and used canned bean...
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